- When do you leave?
- How long do you plan to be away?
- How much have you saved?
- How old are you?
- Nationality
- Where do you live now?
- Occupation
- Is this job one that you actually like, or are you only doing it to pay for the trip?
- Have you traveled around the world before?
- What is the route you plan to take/places you plan to visit?
- Why did you decide to take this trip? What got you into this type of travel, and/or influenced you to go?
- What is your biggest fear about this trip?
- Are your family, friends, co-workers, etc., supportive of you? What is their opinion of your going around the world?
- How much planning and preparing have you done?
- What are you packing? What do you consider your most indispensable item(s)?
- How do you think your round-the-world trip will change your life? How do you think it will affect and change you as a person?
- If you had to sum up your thoughts/feelings about your round-the-world trip in one sentence, what would it be?
- Why do you think people should go on round-the-world trips? Why not just take a regular old one- or two-week vacation instead?
- What is the biggest myth that people have about round-the-world traveling?
- Why do you like to travel?
- What is your advice for people planning their own RTW trip?
August 2006
1-2 Years
8,000
22
USA
San Diego, USA
Student
It’s my career
Yes
Europe to Israel, Cairo, Capetown, India, China, Japan, South East Asia, Australia, NZ, Polynesia, South America
Now is the time to go. I’m graduating in May. I’ve down two Semester’s at Sea, and now I want to backpack solo.
Missing my neices growing up.
So-so, many people are jealous, family thinks I’m ridiculous.
Winged it a lot
Passport, babypowder for hair, wetnaps, travel towel, sleep sheet
I hope it will show me a new career path.
Damn excited!
To each their own, it is for certain people and not for others.
It’s too expensive.
To see the life of the world.
find locals to get to know.
